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How to completely remove an unknown superuser password from UEFI (Acer Aspire Switch)

I have an Acer Aspir Switch 10 E or SW2-016 with Windows 10 and UEFI firmware (V1.15) Apparently I once upon a time have set a Supervisor Password in the Security settings. Ofcourse I forgot it. I ...
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I forgot my laptop's bios/uefi password acer predator Helios 300 (Model::PH315-52)

I forgot my laptop's bios/uefi password acer predator Helios 300 (Model::PH315-52) can I reset it by force flashing the bios if I can then please someone tell me how to and if it's not possible then ...
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Can the Clear Text of a UEFI Password be Obtained by an Attacker?

How feasible is it for an attacker with physical access to a Windows 10 machine to be able to extract the clear text of its UEFI 'system password'? (By which I mean the password requested by UEFI on ...
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How to remove UEFI supervisor password? Acer Aspire 771G

2 years ago I try to install a Linux distribution. - To do so I need to disable the secure boot and set the supervisor password. - My keyboard was giving me problems at that time and now i don't ...
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Windows 8, UEFI, "Supervisor" (BIOS) password, linux?

I've got myself a new lenovo c540 PC and there are Windows 8 OS with UEFI option on and "Supervisor" password on, so it's like a loop, I can't load/install ubuntu from my USB (because BIOS is secured)....
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